On 2019-09-13 16:24, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Haven't replaced /dev/hdb yet.
> Is there some way of getting it ignored in the following scenario?
>
> I started aptitude.
> It told me it hadn't been cleanly shut down last time, and recommended
> I do
> dpkg --configure -a
> before I do anything else.
>
> I do that, and the system apparently does some cleanup, generating
> initrd images, and then starts to update grub.
>
> Update-grub stalls on block 51 of device /dev/hdb, trying to do
> something with it over and over (as presented on the main system
> console, which is *not* the one I'm trying to run aptitude on)
>
> Now evidently /dev/hdb is not working and will need to be replaced.
>
> But isn't there some way to tell grub to ignore /dev/hdb?
> What is it that controls which drives grub tries to work with.
> It must get this from somewhere. I did not specify or mention /dev/hdb
> anywhere in my dpkg --configure -a. And there are several other drives
> I could use to install grub and a boot record. I can even use the
> grub-install command to do so. So why, oh why, does it pick on
> /dev/sdb?
>
> -- hendrik
>
>
Open the case and unplug it?
(golinux ducks and runs)
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